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Following is a description of the equipment aboard Meercat, our Antigua 37 built by Fountaine Pajot in France in 1992.

Length 37 feet
Beam 19 feet 10 inches
Draft 3 feet 6 inches
Mast height above the water 54 feet
Fully battened main with 3 reefs
Stack pack
Genoa 130%, Jib 85% and cruising spinnaker
Bosun's chair

ELECTRONICS
Raymarine: radar 24 miles, Autohelm 4000 autopilot, Wind St60
2 Standard Horizon VHF radios and 2 handheld VHF radios
Furuno Navtex receiver
HP Slimline computer
Garmin handheld GPS backup
Standard Horizon CP1000  with all charts from Newfoundland across the Atlantic down to Venezuela
World band receiver

MECHANICAL
2 Yanmar GM20 with saildrives, 18 HP, approximately 3600 hours.
40 gal. diesel tank with 40 gallons of jerry jugs
Fuel consumption approximately 5 NM/gal. at 2500 RPM both engines, 10NM/gal. at 1800 RPM one engine (depending on the wind)
Spares include impellers, 5 fuel filter, 5 oil filters, 3 belt sets per engine.

ELECTRICAL
Four 105 amp house batteries
Two 55 amp alternators
110V shore power, 100' power cord
2000 watt inverter
Two 130 w solar panels
Two 45 w solar panels
Two solar controllers
Xantrex Link 10

GROUND TACKLE
66# Bruce w 200' 5/16 chain
43# Danforth w 25' 3/8 chain and 150' 1/2 nylon line
35#Oceane 25' 3/8 chain and 100' 1/2 nylon line
Parateck sea anchor - 18' with 300' of 5/8 line
Lewmar 1000 Vertical windlass

SAFETY EQUIPMENT
Epirb ARC manual
4 autoinflating lifevests
10 life jackets
Horseshoe w MOB pole and strobe
4 harnesses
Two ditch canisters
Crewsaver 6 person liferaft


MISCELLANEOUS
Instant propane hotwater (Palamar)
80 gal. water tank
Four 2.5 gal. jerry jugs for water
9 'Livingston catamaran hulled hard dinghy w Mercury 3 HP outboard
Two man inflatable kayak
Three Lewmar #40 selftailing winches (one with elec. drive)
Ten Lewmar hatches w flyscreens
Four Hella fans
Two automatic and two manual bilge pumps
Three burner propane stove with oven
Two 20# propane tanks
12V freezer/refrigerator, 3 cubic feet
Binoculars
6 fenders
6 dock lines
8 world flags, 1 Q flag
4 sets foulweather gear
fishing gear
snorkel gear
Rear tramp
5 handrails inside, 9 outside
12 lines lead to starboard electric winch with jammers for each
5 lines at mast with jammers for each